Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer officially announced his retirement Thursday, a day after the news leaked and was widely reported. Breyer, 83, told President Joe Biden in a missive that he has decided to retire and that he wants the decision to take effect when the court takes its summer recess, which typically happens in late June or early July. Breyer said he assumes his successor will be nominated by Biden and confirmed by the Senate by then. “I enormously appreciate the privilege of serving as part of the federal judicial system—nearly 14 years as a Court of Appeals Judge and nearly 28 years as a Member of the Supreme Court,” the Clinton nominee wrote in the two-paragraph document. “I have found the work challenging and meaningful. My relations with each of my colleagues have been warm and friendly. Throughout, I have been aware of the great honor of participating …